Dr. Rabito is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology. Her areas of expertise include environmental and social epidemiology, the design of innovative health surveillance programs, and the conduct of community-based randomized intervention trials. Currently, her areas of research include lead poisoning, pediatric asthma and spatial analysis. Dr. Rabito is the Principal Investigator of the New Orleans Healthy Homes Initiative project, and is the lead on the Community-based Environmental Lead Intervention Study and the project entitled Demolition Activities and Children’s Lead Levels in St. Louis City: A Time/Space Analysis. She teaches Epidemiology 603 using distance learning technology.